Fiorentina v Club Brugge Betting Tips [2 May 2024]

Fiorentina have just the Conference League title to fight for this season and will hope for a first leg advantage against Club Brugge. These two meet in the semi-finals, with Fiorentina hosting the opening game of the tie. The Viola come into this game on a high, having beaten Sassuolo 5-1 in the Serie A. It was a needed recovery after earlier falling 4-1 to Atalanta in the Coppa Italia semis. A third win in four matches should have the hosts confident heading into this game. However, with just three clean sheets in 10 matches, Fiorentina will rightly have jitters against the free-scoring Belgians. They come here unbeaten in four home matches, while their only defeats in 18 home matches were against very strong Inter and Milan. Their race to another Conference League final seems on course, having gone unbeaten in 11 matches in the competition. They won six of those 11, recovering from a 1-0 loss to Rapid Vienna on Match Day 1. Seven times in their 12 Conference league matches this season, Fiorentina failed in their bid for clean sheets. The Italians needed two extra time goals to beat Viktoria Plzen 2-0 on aggregate in the last round. That win in the return leg marked just their fifth clean sheet in 21 matches.

Club Brugge easily swept Greek side PAOK easily to get here, winning 3-0 on aggregate with home and away victories. This should be a bigger challenge and they’ll have to put in a bigger effort. The Belgians will not be short in confidence coming here. They have seven straight wins, and are unbeaten in eight matches. Their confidence stems from fluidity in attack, having scored two or more goals in seven of their last 10 matches. Club Brugge warmed up for this encounter with a 3-0 win away to Genk, their fourth clean sheet in five matches. That match also marked the sixth time in 10 that their games hit over 2.5 goals. Their 2-0 win over PAOK in the last round started a run of away wins that currently stands at three straight. As they seek to go undefeated in five straight away games, Club Brugge will also be targeting a fourth straight win in this competition. In their 16 Conference League matches this season, Club Brugge failed to win on only four occasions. They have two losses in those 16 Conference League matches.

For the Fiorentina v Club Brugge game, we are predicting over 2.5 goals. This match pits two sides with good scoring returns in their recent matches. Their games have lately been high-scoring, and that includes their matches in this competition. Going by this trend, another game with a high score might be in the offing.